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The picture shows a woman and three little girls on a small buggy.
To the right of the buggy and standing, Noël Lemay.

The buggy is small, with only one seat. It is oriented to the left. We can't see the animal that is harnessed to it.

In the background, a wall of a house.

In this picture, we see a large two-story pontoon — possibly the floating cottage of the Smith family. The first floor is closed and the second floor is partially open. The rear two thirds of the pontoon consists of a gallery topped by a roof. The front part of the second floor is partially closed. Some people can be seen there. At the front, a small bridge. A rowboat is moored along the pontoon; it is covered on almost all its length by a roof.

Agnès Gosselin ( (1855-1942) and Pierre Vachon ( 1853-1930), in their house.

The fonds contains information on the butcher shop owned by Leeman Mackey and also on the Mackey family. It consists of several account books (1879-1938), a calendar (1926), a schoolbook (1908), a piano method (1969) and a few photographs (1909 & 1969). The photographs show T.S. Chapman in front of "Good Cheer Lodge" in 1909 and Kathleen Mackey with classmates at the Bishopton Intermediate School in 1969 (the last class before the closure of the school). The school book is autographed "Cora Brown". Among the account books are one for the Megantic Rifle Association (1879-1902), one that appears to be for a boarding house (1889-1892), and the others are from Leeman Mackey's butcher business.

The item contains information on Georges Frederick Bowen's professionnal life. It is a letter offering to bargain with another proprietor to solve a mistake made by the Municipality of Weedon, sent by the British American Land Company, represented by L.B. Langford.

Garthby baseball team and a Ford 1908 Model T.
The men are standing around the car or sitting in the car. One man holds a baseball glove and two others each hold a baseball bat. Some men are wearing jackets and ties.
Noël Lemay is sitting in the back of the car. He wears a mustache and goatee, drawed on the original photo.

Item is a photograph of the Breeches Lake in Wolfe County.

This is a picture of the Brompton Pulp and Paper office in Garthby (now Beaulac-Garthby). The building is on one level and relatively small. The walls are covered with wooden slats. The soffit is decorated with two rows of small vertical elements called "dentils". The upper corners where the walls meet are decorated with "triglyphs" and "drops" at their base. The façade has a gallery whose roof covers the entire width of the building. The gallery opens on the left and on the right. The roof of the gallery is supported by four columns equally distributed from left to right. The two columns at the left and right ends are square and topped with a simple abacus. The two columns in the center are round and curved, the lower part being more domed than the upper part; they are surmounted by four Ionic-style volutes. The façade of the gallery is covered with horizontal boards. A panel equivalent to about 15% of the width of the gallery is fixed in the center of its façade. The year of construction of this building, 1920, is indicated by raised numerals. A sign on the front edge of the roof covers 90% of its width. It reads "BROMPTOM PULP & PAPER CO. in capital letters.

On this photograph, we see to the right a vintage truck, parked on street side, facing left. On the side of the truck box, we can read "ELZ. COTE & "; the rest is outbound. On the left, the Beaulac hotel. In the middle, a man seen from behind, hands crossed behind and partially hidden by a fence in the foreground. In the lower left part is engraved by hand on the photo: "Garthby, Que. «Carré central» " and the initials of the photographer "NJL" for Noël Joseph Lemay.

On this photo, Henri Vachon (1893-1970) and Marie-Anne Grégoire (1895-1985)'s children. From left to right: Gertrude (1919-1998), Renaud (1922-1997), Daniel (1920-1982), and Madeleine (1917-2004).

On this picture, the church and the presbytery of Garthby, photographed from St-Jacques street. The photographer is standing a little below on St-Jacques street which slopes down to the bottom of the village. The gaze is directed towards the north. The two buildings are seen from bottom to top, the presbytery on the left and the church on the right.
In the center, at the bottom of the photo, the inscriptions engraved on the negative of the photo: "Garthby, Que." underneath "Eglise et Presbytere" (sic), and at the bottom right, the initials "NJL" for Noël Joseph Lemay.

The item is a postcard showing the Dudswell Junction train station in Dudswell from 1908.

Item is a photograph of a family posing infront of a typical house in Weedon.

The photo was taken from a floating raft in front of the village of Garthby Station. The view is looking west.

In the foreground, on the left, is a barge equipped with railings. This barge transported wood that was used to fuel the boilers of the tugs' steam engines.
In the mid-ground, on the right, two floating platforms on which large wooden winches are installed.
In the background, a part of the village of Garthby, with the church in the center. Along the lake, a steam train drifting north.
At https://townshipsarchives.ca/image-13-4/edit#the bottom of the photo, on the left, an inscription engraved on the negative of the photo: "Garthby, QUE.", and in the middle, the initials "NJL" for Noël Joseph Lemay.

In this photo, four tugs side by side. From left to right: the Marine, the C.C. Wilson, the McCrea and the Tobin. On the three tugs on the right, men who seem to be installed for photography. On the C.C Wilson, four men on top of the cabin and one sitting on the boat's chimney.

Item is a photograph of Mr. McIntyre's funeral procession located in Bishopton.

Garthby station, its cement platform overlooking the tracks. The architecture of the station is typical of the stations built at that time. On the facade facing us is a sign with the inscription "Garthby".
In the foreground, on the cement platform, a cart of the type pulled by hand and a milk can placed on it. To the right of the station, a buggy to carry passengers; a horse is harnessed to it.
On the front of the station overlooking the tracks are two benches with a wrought iron side structure. A luggage rack with two wheels at the front is leaning against the wall. On a small gallery accessed by three steps are some milk cans.
To the left and a little bit in the background and moving away towards the background, we see the main railroad and two secondary branches, one on the left and the other on the right. On each of these sidings is parked a freight car.

In this photo, you can see the Garthby wharf with its pergola in the middle of the picture.
In the foreground, a wooden boom attached to the shore.

In the foreground, what appears to be a large pile of boards. In the middle of this pile, a post supporting a wire.
In the background, the shoreline of Aylmer Lake and hills in the distance.

Completely to the right, near the edge of the lake, a house and two outbuildings and a little further on, two other small buildings.

The orientation of this photo is east-northeast.

Partial view of the village of Garthby. The photo was taken from the back of the village, looking east. It shows the northern part of the village.

In the foreground, plots of land rather uncultivated, except for a plot in the center left which seems to be a large garden.

The houses that we see there are distributed in the middle of the plan from the left to the right. Completely on the right, the church.

In the background, you can see most of Ward Bay of Aylmer Lake and the Longue Pointe, also known as Maple Point.

Partial panoramic view of Garthby.

This panorama is made up of two juxtaposed photos, taken from the church tower. The orientation of the view is east-southeast.

The lower half of the panorama shows part of the village of Garthby. The upper half shows Aylmer Lake.

In the middle ground, on the left, the wharf.

Partial view of the village of Garthby station.
The photo was taken from the pier.

This is a photograph taken around 1920 in Garthby (now Beaulac-Garthby). The photographer was standing at the bottom of St-Jacques Street, looking west-northwest. In the foreground, the railroad tracks. On the left, the J. H. Dionne general store (hardware-wholesale). From the foreground, on the right, going up the street: Mr. Arthur Morin's house, the Beaulac Hotel, the A.-A. Jacques general store, Alexandre Drouin's house, Euclide Grenier's house, the presbytery. In the background, behind the A.-A. Jacques store, the church tower. Note the wooden sidewalks.

In this photo, Gertrude Vachon (1919-1998) is standing next to her father's car, a 1939 Chevrolet. The license plate of the car is dated 1939. The photo was taken on the grounds of the house of Henri Vachon and Marie-Anne Grégoire in Garthby (now Beaulac-Garthby).